Experimental determination of the roughness length for temperature over a field of tall grass in central Sweden

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-100

  Molder M ^a   Lindroth, A ^b   Grelle, A ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Displacement height; Excess resistance; Roughness length; Stanton number; Surface radiation temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; MICROMETEOROLOGY; ROUGHNESS; TEMPERATURE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0344242074     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.1999.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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